Category Archives: Whidbey Island

A "cottage," says the Oxford American Dictionary, is "a small, simple house, typically one near a lake or beach."
The Highlands' new design, the Skylark Cottage, syncs almost perfectly with this definition.
By American standards, its 1,344 square feet is small. In 2014, the...

Here in the holiday season our thoughts turn naturally toward giving. And on Whidbey Island there's a special form of it that reflects the character of our island community.
According to the database TaxExempt World, there are 673 registered nonprofit organizations in Island County. That's astonishing: one for every 124 residents of Whidbey and Camano Island.
Some...

Our holiday season on Whidbey Island is a whole lot less frenetic than it is in certain large cities and suburbs over there on the mainland.
Whidbey Island won't be clotted traffic. No full-up parking lots. Or fraying tempers. Or rent-a-cops prowling the stores suspiciously evaluating every customer for shoplifting potential.
Instead of all this, Whidbey residents...

"A walk into town" — sounds vaguely quaint, doesn't it?
It's the way we live on Whidbey Island.
The Highlands lies half a mile from the village of Langley with its grocery, movie theater, library, four bookstores and eight restaurants. It's a walk so inviting that—well, why not try it? Just this once.
Your route is a quiet...